IIS and Messenger Live

I have Media Center 2005 installed with all updates including Service Pak 2
and Rollup 2 and Framework 2. I also have Office 2003 installed and use
Outlook for email. I am going to load the new Messenger Live. Do I need to
install IIS? In looking thru the Windows Event Manager, there was a message
that said IIS could not be found and that after installing IIS I should run
aspnet_regiis.exe /i to reregister Framework 2. I don't even really know
what IIS is or what it is for other than I can install it thru Add/Remove
programs. I am not on a network. I have a built in network card but it is
not plugged into anything. Later, I will probably connect my other PC, but
for now this computer is stand alone.

Greetings Lori,

No, you don't need IIS. IIS is a Internet Information Server aka Microsoft's web server
platform. The only reason you would need this to host files on your PC or debug your own web
applications.

The error you saw was just the framework trying to install the ASP.NET bits for IIS and
failing (which is fine in this case). It can be safely ignored.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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"Lori Ann Kuiper" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I have Media Center 2005 installed with all updates including Service Pak 2 and Rollup 2 and
>Framework 2. I also have Office 2003 installed and use Outlook for email. I am going to
>load the new Messenger Live. Do I need to install IIS? In looking thru the Windows Event
>Manager, there was a message that said IIS could not be found and that after installing IIS
>I should run aspnet_regiis.exe /i to reregister Framework 2. I don't even really know what
>IIS is or what it is for other than I can install it thru Add/Remove programs. I am not on
>a network. I have a built in network card but it is not plugged into anything. Later, I
>will probably connect my other PC, but for now this computer is stand alone.
>

Thanks Jonathan. Then I will continue with installing Messenger Live!

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:%23Y%...
> Greetings Lori,
>
> No, you don't need IIS. IIS is a Internet Information Server aka
> Microsoft's web server platform. The only reason you would need this to
> host files on your PC or debug your own web applications.
>
> The error you saw was just the framework trying to install the ASP.NET
> bits for IIS and failing (which is fine in this case). It can be safely
> ignored.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
>
> "Lori Ann Kuiper" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>I have Media Center 2005 installed with all updates including Service Pak
>>2 and Rollup 2 and Framework 2. I also have Office 2003 installed and use
>>Outlook for email. I am going to load the new Messenger Live. Do I need
>>to install IIS? In looking thru the Windows Event Manager, there was a
>>message that said IIS could not be found and that after installing IIS I
>>should run aspnet_regiis.exe /i to reregister Framework 2. I don't even
>>really know what IIS is or what it is for other than I can install it thru
>>Add/Remove programs. I am not on a network. I have a built in network
>>card but it is not plugged into anything. Later, I will probably connect
>>my other PC, but for now this computer is stand alone.
>>
>
>